Nora's Home 2022 Gala: Heroes Among Us

NORA’S HOME GALA

HEROES AMONG US APRIL 8, 2022

2022 GALA CHAIRS

CAROLE & JIM LOOKE AND LINDSEY & STEVEN LOOKE C O R D I A L LY I N V I T E Y O U T O

HEROES AMONG US BENEFITTING NORA’S HOME ENJOY AN EVENING OF DINNER, DANCING AND ENTERTAINMENT

BY AMERICA’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER PARTY BAND:

PARTY ON THE MOON FRI DAY, A P R IL 8, 2022 The Post Oak Hotel 1600 West Loop South Houston, Texas 77027 EVENING TIMELINE

6:30 PM—Reception // 7:30 PM—Dinner & Auction // 9:30 PM—Dancing AT T I R E

Super Chic Cocktail B R E AT H E W I T H C O N F I D E N C E S P O N S O R

IVP: INTEGRATED VIRAL PROTECTION World’s Only Biodefense Indoor Air Production System ™

NORA’S HOME GALA

HEROES AMONG US HONORING

Dr. Eric Boerwinkle & UTHealth School of Public Health Dr. Marc Boom & Houston Methodist Dr. Paul Klotman & Baylor College of Medicine

SUPERHERO

UNDERWRITERS

Mary & Doug Erwin Family LifeGift C. James & Carole Walter Looke Family Fund Walter Oil & Gas Corporation

DYNAMITE Jo Lynn & Gregg Falgout | Island Operating Company Brigitte & Bashar Kalai | Dr. Sippi & Ajay Khurana Tellepsen Family Paula & Rusty Walter

SHAZAM Shannon & John Addison Drs. Lillian & A. Osama Gaber Houston Methodist Nicole & Evan H. Katz Westwood Wealth Management

INCREDIBLE Vicki & Carlton Baucum Marcela Donadio & Larry Dickerson Fast Trac Transportation Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC Memorial Hermann Million Air | American Jet Natera Precision Drilling Corporation Dianne & Ellis Tudzin Linda & Steve Webster

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Virginia & Tom Bromley Deborah Keener & Russell Brown Caldwell Companies Susie & Bucky Cunningham Liz & Brian Dinerstein, Margot & Brett Hogan, Heidi & Tobin O’Donnell, Katie & Kenny O’Donnell, Georgia & Mike Piazza Dril-Quip Enterprise Offshore Drilling Eurofins Transplant Genomics Gilead Annie & Bob Graham Hornbeck Offshore Houston Methodist Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Paige & Todd Johnson Caroline & Eddie Kuntz Laborde Marine Management, LLC Kayla & Jim Lehmann | Linda Strickland NexTier Oilfield Solutions Offshore Energy Services, LLC Drs. Disha & Ashish Saharia

Sanofi US Roberta & Lee Schwartz Krista & Ronnie Smith John and Stephanie Smither Visionary Fund Texas Children’s Hospital Lynda Underwood Veloxis Veritex Community Bank Meg & Dick Weekley Maria & John Zerr

AMAZING

American Liberty Hospitality Astros Foundation Betsy & Dan Austin Baylor College of Medicine Nancy Bihlmaier & Brandon Childs, Tara & Spencer English, Ashlee & Benton Love, Ellen & Chris Sweet CareDx Cathy & Tom Cooney Mary Pat & Phil C. DeLozier Celia & Cornelius Dupre Eastham Enterprises Inc.

EnVen Energy Corporation Laura & Dr. Mark Hobeika Houston Kidney Consultants Houston Methodist Department of Surgery Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center Prichard Jones Family The Living Bank Shazma & Arshad Matin Nature’s Eye Media Pinnacle Engineering Aparna & Neeraj Prashar Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc. UTHealth Houston Janie Yao & Dr. David Yao

DYNAMIC DUO

Dr. Nour Sneige & Imad F. Abdullah Jeff & Laurie Kessler Gloria Liao & Dr. Kenneth Liao Dr. Julia Andrieni & Rob Phillips Dr. Katherine Timmins & Craig Vollmers

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FANTASTIC

ABOUT THE HONOREES

Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D. | In addition to being Dean of the UTHealth School of Public Health, Dr. Eric Boerwinkle is the Associate Director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine. Author of more than 1,200 scientific publications, Dr. Boerwinkle has led groundbreaking research on the connection between genome variation and the transition from health to disease. Beyond his own research Dr. Boerwinkle has spent significant time on several national research panels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as served on the Council of Councils for the Office of the Director of NIH. Marc L. Boom, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.H.E. | Dr. Marc Boom is President and CEO of Houston Methodist. Its flagship, Houston Methodist Hospital, has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in Texas for 10 years in a row. Dr. Boom is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and maintains a part-time clinical practice. In 2020, Dr. Boom emerged as a national leader in the efforts to educate the public about COVID-19 and the need for vaccines, leading the way as the first hospital system CEO in the country to mandate vaccines for employees and physicians.

Paul Klotman, M.D. | Dr. Paul Klotman began serving as President, CEO and Executive Dean of Baylor College of Medicine in 2010. At Baylor College of Medicine, he oversees the only private health sciences university in the Greater Southwest United States, with total research funding of more than $650 million.

The medical school is ranked among the top 25 institutions for research and the top 20 for primary care

by U.S. News & World Report. He serves on the Board of Directors of St. Luke’s Health System and the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, the College’s jointly owned and governed private adult hospital.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A. Osama Gaber, M.D.

Imad Abdullah

Founding Director

Cathy Cooney

Chairman

M. Waleed Gaber, Ph.D. Matthew Girotto

Lillian Gaber, M.D. Founding Director

Mark Hobeika, M.D.

OUR MISSION

Kayla Lehmann

Nora’s Home offers transplant patients and their families an affordable place to stay where they can find support and share experiences with others in the comfort of a home-like environment.

Gabriel Loor, M.D. Arshad Matin

John Zerr

Jerry Babu Patel

Treasurer

Nancy Nayana Patel Timothy Schroeder

John Michael Rose Secretary

R. Patrick Wood, M.D. Natalie Lencioni Executive Director 8300 El Rio St. Houston, Texas 77054 832-831-3720 norashome.org